Mallet



Patented- Aug. 12, 1890.

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MA LLETA' NE a H. Q m: I 1H 1 No; 431L091.

UNITED STATES A E'NT, OFFICE.

SAMUEL RUST, OF CINCINNATI, OI-IIO.

MALLET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 434,091, dated August12, 1890.

' Application filed April '7, 1890. Serial No. 346,931. (No model.) i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL RUST, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mallets; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, reference being had to the annexed drawings, whichform part of this specification.

My invention comprises a specific construction of those mallets whichhave detachable handles; and the improvement consists in providing theinner faces of the two parts of the handle-strap with a rasp orcorrugated surface, so as to afford a very secure hold within thecircumferential groove of the mallet-head and thereby prevent accidentalturning of the latter within the handle, as hereinafter more fullydescribed, and pointed out in the claim.

In the annexed drawings, Figure l is aside elevation of the groovedmallet-head. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the handle and strap detachedfrom said head. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the complete mallet. Fig.4 is a transverse section of the implement taken onthe plane of thedivided strap. Fig. 5 is a sectionized plan of the implement.

A represents the head of a wooden mallet or maul or other similarimplement.

B is a circumferential or annular groove located about at the mid-lengthof the head and extending completely around it, which groove ispreferably wider at top than at bottom.

O Crepresent the two halves orother parts of a metallic strap capable offitting snugly around the head or within an annular groove B of thesame, which halves terminate with lugs D D, perforated, as seen at d inFig. 2, to admitatightening-screwE. This two-part strap 0 C may have asocket F, to admit a wooden handle G, as seen in Fig. 2, or said strapmay be integral with a handle G, as represented in Figs. 3 and 4, inwhich event these members 0 C G would usually be made of malleable iron.Furthermore, it is necessary to corrugate or give a rasp-surface to theinner faces of the straps C O, as seen at H H in Fig.2, so as to afforda very secure hold on the wooden head. The mallet is fitted together inthe manner seen in Fig. 4, the two parts 0 O of the strap fitting snuglywithin the circumferential groove B and the screwE being tightened so asto cause the head to be immovably clamped by said strap, which securegrasp is further increased by the rasp or rough surfaces 11 H. It isevident the mallet can now be used-with the same facility as an ordinaryimplement, and after one edge of the head has been worn down the screw Eis unslaoked to relax the clamping action of the roughened strap, andthen the head is turned around sufliciently to bring another portion ofthe edge to a convenient position for work. The screw is then tightenedup to clamp the head in this new position and the work resumed, thisoperation of shifting the head being accomplished in a few minutes andWithout requiring any more skill than is necessary to handle ascrew-driver. Owing to the secure mannerin which the head is grasped bythe roughened strap, these two members can never separate or fly apart,no matter what severe use the mallet may be put to, and the absence ofany hole in the head renders it impossible for the latter to crack. Thisconstruction also obviates the use of wedges and other unreliableexpedients for securing a handle within a perforated head; and when thehead has been shifted around so often as 'to be rendered useless,a newhead can be applied to the old handle in a few minutes.

,I am aware it is not new to provide various forms of tools withseparable or detachable handles, and therefore my claim is not to beconstrued broadly, but is limited to the specific combination of partsherein described and illustrated.

I claim as my invention- In combination with the mallet-head A, having acircumferential groove B, the detachable handle G, having a pair ofstraps O C, terminating, respectively, with lugs D D, and a screw E,engaged with said lugs, the inner surfaces of said straps O 0 beingroughened or corrugated at H H, to afford a secure hold within saidgroove B, all as herein described and set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SAMUEL RUST.

Witnesses:

J AMES H. LAYMAN, FRANCIS M. BIDDLE.

